OK its been a lovely relaxing Sunday (bar my usual 5 mile run) and most of the day I've been listening to "The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music". Now as those who know me, my musical tastes are extremely varied and I don't particularly like putting anything into a particular "box". By that I mean should I consider, say Frank Zappa, to be filed under rock, jazz, progressive, fusion or just plain genius ? I just file him under Zappa.


To get to the point, track 44 of the "100 greatest classical masterpieces" is Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. This jumps out quite a bit from Mozart, Beethoven, Berber, etc...... I would consider Rhapsody in Blue to be jazz, not really classical. It certainly has a foot in both camps. So was wondering other opinions. Thoughts welcome.